Joe Shishido
December 6, 1933 (92 years old) in Kita, Osaka, Japan
Beloved Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He has appeared in over 200 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname "Joe the Ace" (エースのジョー Ēsu no Jō) for his popular role in the Western Fast-Draw Guy (1961).
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · Mobile Detectives: The Movie 3 as
- 2007 · Mobile Detectives: The Movie 2 as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 5 as
- 2006 · A Surgeon Named Hitman as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 6 as
- 1999 · Hometown as
- 1994 · Mahjong Demon 3: Extraterritorial Mahjong as
- 1992 · The Gambler as Joe of Aces
- 1991 · Danger Point: The Road to Hell as
- 1991 · The Killers as
- 1990 · Nozomi Witches as Ryotaro's father
- 1989 · You'll Fall For Me as
- 1988 · This Heartbeat as
- 1987 · Star Force: Fugitive Alien II as Captain Joe
- 1987 · The Beauty in the Black Mask as Takeo Sato
- 1986 · Leave My Girl Alone as Bar Owner
- 1986 · Katayoku dake no tenshi as
- 1981 · Blue Jeans Memory as
- 1980 · The First Catch as
- 1974 · Center of Tokyo as Hyodo
- 1973 · Kigeki: koko kara hajimaru monogatari as
- 1972 · New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm as
- 1972 · The Witty Samurai as
- 1971 · Monk's Paradise as
- 1971 · Blood for Blood as Naoto Tezuka
- 1970 · Charming Men as Kobe Saburo
- 1970 · Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa as
- 1969 · Biographies of Killers as
- 1969 · The Rough One as Imano's Bodyguard
- 1969 · 100 Gamblers as
- 1969 · Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower as
- 1967 · The Aftermath of War as
- 1967 · Massacre Gun as Ryûichi Kuroda
- 1967 · Burning Clouds as
- 1965 · Three Stray Dogs as
- 1964 · Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel as Joe of Aces
- 1964 · Tiger of the Sea as
- 1964 · Jinsei Gekijo as
- 1963 · Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women as Hideo Tajima
- 1962 · Traces of Lead as
- 1962 · Last Round as
- 1962 · The Frozen Plains as
- 1962 · Kimagure tosei as
- 1961 · Crimson Pistol as
- 1961 · I'll End in Hell as Joji Dan
- 1961 · Gun of Nosappu as
- 1961 · Gambler in the Sea as
- 1961 · Joe of Aces: Give and Take as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- 1961 · Quick Draw Joe as Joe the Ace
- 1961 · Pacific Porters as
- 1960 · Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow as Jo of the Colt
- 1960 · The Angry Rambler as
- 1960 · The Man with a Sinister Laugh as Ken
- 1960 · Wind of Volcano as
- 1960 · The Cards Will Tell as
- 1960 · The Guitarist and the Rancher as
- 1959 · Mighty Rules as
- 1959 · Tokyo no Kodoku as
- 1959 · Machi ga nemuru toki as
- 1959 · Gun Number Zero as
- 1959 · We Live Today as
- 1958 · Voice Without a Shadow as Hamazaki
- 1957 · The Naked Woman and the Gun as
- 1957 · Small Rats of the Edo Town as Hidematsu
- 1957 · The Champion as Boxer Ishiyama
- 1956 · Frankie the Milkman as Zenkichi Matsubara
- 1956 · Shiawase wa doko ni as Tetsuo Shimura
- 1956 · The Happy Dancers as
- 1956 · This Is Home as
- 1956 · Seishun wo warera ni as Takai
- 1956 · Confession as
- 1955 · Tsukiyo no kasa as
- 1954 · My Pistol Is Quick as Airplane Passenger
- Future · Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Final Judgement as Lao Porto
- 2010 · A Night In Nude: Salvation as Naoki Yamagami
- 2009 · The Code as Detective 500
- 2007 · Switching – Goodbye Me as Yoshinosuke Yoshida
- 2007 · Kisaragi as Ooiso Long Beach Host
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 4 as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition 2 as
- 2006 · Proud Ambition as
- 2005 · Detective Office 5 as 500
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as Chief 500
- 2005 · Detective Office 5: Another Story as
- 2005 · Proud Ambition 3 as
- 2005 · Flower & Snake II as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 5 as
- 2005 · Shin Japan's Don 4 as
- 2004 · Alumni Association as
- 2004 · Shin Japan's Don 2: Ruthless as
- 2004 · Shin Japan's Don: Waves as
- 2002 · Yakuza Jihad as
- 2001 · Drowning Fish as Ace no Jo
- 2001 · Shibuya Midnight War Dark Street as
- 2000 · Debt King Part VII: Millennium as
- 1997 · To Love as Chinen
- 1997 · Remembering the Cosmos Flower as
- 1996 · The Trap as Jo Shishido
- 1995 · Fukushu no Teio as Kazunari Inaba
- 1995 · The Files of the Young Kindaichi as Fujio Tashiro
- 1995 · The Stairway to the Distant Past as Jo Shishido
- 1995 · Tough Cop 2 - HEART CRASH as
- 1994 · Turning Point as Hashizume
- 1994 · The Most Terrible Time in My Life as Joe
- 1994 · Tough Cop - Ginza Police as
- 1993 · Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death as
- 1993 · JACK KNIFE Wolves' Bet as
- 1992 · The Setting Sun as
- 1992 · 8 Man - For All Lonely Nights as Dr. Tani
- 1991 · The Notorious Bored Samurai 6 as
- 1991 · God's Pinch Hitter as
- 1991 · Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet as Junichi Mizuta
- 1991 · Kimi no na wa as 角倉勘次
- 1990 · Run the Beast as
- 1990 · Codename 348 Female Detective Sashiba as
- 1990 · Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet as Junichi Mizuta
- 1989 · Red Crow and the Ghost Ship as Captain
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Tokuji Hayakawa
- 1988 · Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Noritsugu Hayakawa
- 1987 · Fugitive Alien as Captain Joe
- 1986 · Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast as School Principal
- 1986 · Take It Easy as
- 1985 · I'm All Yours as Priest
- 1985 · Caribe: Symphony of Love as Shunsuke Saichu
- 1985 · Yakyuukyou no Uta as
- 1984 · Again as
- 1984 · Sukanpin Walk as Tatsuya Sekikawa
- 1983 · Our Wedding as
- 1982 · I Are You, You Am Me as Kouzou Saitoh
- 1982 · Fossilized Wilderness as
- 1981 · Edo Porn as Jyuppensha Ikku
- 1981 · Pro Hunter as 菊島雄三
- 1980 · Hashire! Nekketsu Keiji as
- 1980 · Nurse's Husband as
- 1979 · Necchu Jidai: Keiji Hen as
- 1978 · Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka as
- 1978 · Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Tominoichi
- 1978 · Star Wolf as Captain Joe
- 1977 · Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye as Black Jack
- 1977 · High Seas Hijack as Chief Engineer Kosai
- 1977 · Gambling Code and Feuds as Katsuya Sekikawa
- 1977 · Ore no sora as Genjiro Yasuda
- 1977 · A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness as Cop
- 1977 · Dazzling Cops as
- 1977 · The Alaska Story as
- 1976 · Big City: Days of Struggle as
- 1976 · The Sea of Genkai as Sawaki
- 1976 · Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow as Gendō
- 1975 · Conflagration as Chief Engineer Kosai
- 1974 · New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Hachiro Tachibana
- 1974 · Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Katsutoshi Otomo
- 1974 · Blitz!! Strada 5 as Takamura Terujiro / Jupiter
- 1973 · The Hard Core Criminal as
- 1973 · None But the Brave as
- 1972 · New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line as
- 1971 · Bad Girl Mako as Yasuoka
- 1971 · Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu as
- 1971 · Go As Messy As Messy Can Be as Mujitori
- 1971 · A Man's World as
- 1971 · New Shameless School as Gebageba
- 1970 · Shameless School: Tackle Kiss as Macaroni
- 1970 · New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri as
- 1970 · Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude as Macaroni
- 1970 · Shameless School as Macaroni
- 1970 · A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life as
- 1970 · Greatest Boss of Japan as
- 1970 · Profile of a Boss' Son as
- 1969 · The Cleanup as
- 1969 · Thirteen Times a Loser as Seiji Okitsu
- 1969 · Chivalrous Pride as
- 1969 · Ex Convict: Sword Storm as
- 1969 · Yabanjin no Nekutai as
- 1969 · Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood as
- 1969 · Exiled to Hell as
- 1968 · 魔性の女 as
- 1968 · Retaliation as Hino
- 1968 · Stardust Wharf as
- 1967 · Outlaw's Gold as 三鬼鉄
- 1967 · My Sweetheart as President Shishido
- 1967 · The Return of the Filthy Seven as
- 1967 · Velvet Hustler as
- 1967 · Asia-Pol as George
- 1967 · Branded to Kill as Gorô Hanada
- 1967 · A Colt Is My Passport as Shuji Kamimura
- 1966 · Asiapol Secret Service as George Eaton
- 1966 · Your Life as
- 1966 · Love Eternal as
- 1966 · Love and Desire in the Night Mist as
- 1966 · Blood Shed as Seiji
- 1966 · Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph as Kokichi Yamaguch
- 1966 · The Dragon and the Tiger as
- 1965 · The Dragon of Macao as Aizu
- 1965 · Murder Unincorporated as Jiro (Joe of Spades)
- 1965 · Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi as Tornado George / Jouji Tatsumaki
- 1965 · Modern Yakuza: Chivalry as
- 1965 · Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure as
- 1964 · Gate of Flesh as Shintaro Ibuki
- 1964 · Nukî uchi ryuji - kênju no otâ as
- 1964 · Cruel Gun Story as Togawa
- 1964 · Tale on Tokai Chivalry as
- 1963 · Hell Festival as Tetsu the Otter
- 1963 · Chivalrous Outlaw as
- 1963 · Tale on Kanto Chivalry as Masa from Kanto
- 1963 · Akai ka to Rokudenashi as
- 1963 · Youth of the Beast as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
- 1963 · Notorious Bastard as Tatsumaki Takeji (Tornado Joe)
- 1963 · Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! as Hideo Tajima
- 1962 · Danger Pays as Jôji Kondô
- 1962 · Glass-Hearted Johnny as Jô
- 1962 · Jūdan no arashi as
- 1962 · Solo Traveler as
- 1962 · Nuki uchi fūraibō as
- 1962 · Mexico Drifter as
- 1961 · Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains as
- 1961 · The Crimson Plains as Joji Sakuma
- 1961 · Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living as Eiji Yano (Joe of Aces)
- 1961 · The Rambler under the Southern Cross as
- 1960 · The Rambler Rides Again as
- 1960 · The Rambler on a Pearl Farm as
- 1960 · The Rambler in the Sunset as
- 1960 · The Gun Like Lightning as Goro
- 1960 · Return of the Vagabond as
- 1960 · The Guitarist from the Sea as
- 1960 · Ryuji, the Gun Slinger as Gin of the Colt
- 1959 · Who is in the Background? as
- 1959 · The Rambling Guitarist as George
- 1959 · The Human Cyclone as Masa
- 1959 · Crime Reporter as Fujimoto
- 1959 · Merciless Bullet as Yukie's lover
- 1959 · Wounded Beast as
- 1959 · Zattō ni hikarume as
- 1958 · Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha as
- 1958 · Taiyō o buchi otose as
- 1958 · The Boy Who Came Back as Kajita
- 1958 · Rusty Knife as Shimabara
- 1958 · Breasts and Bullets as
- 1957 · Temptation as Goro Yasui
- 1957 · Muhō Ichidai as
- 1957 · Kawakami Tetsuji, No. 16 as Masaki Yoshihara
- 1956 · Kingorô no omawari-san as
- 1956 · Kanshō fujin as
- 1956 · Called to the Stand as
- 1956 · Cell No. 8 as
- 1955 · The Doctor as
- 1955 · The Maid's Kid as
- 1955 · Ofukuro as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Yabuta
- 1955 · His Highness Surabaya as Applied Atomic Energy Research Institute Worker with a Tohoku Accent
- 1954 · Women's House as Okada (employee of Inogawa's company)
- 1954 · The Black Current as Newspaper Reporter




